Sebastian Tomasz Kulczyk (born 16 November 1980) is a Polish

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businessman, and the son of

Jan Kulczyk Jan Jerzy Kulczyk (24 June 1950 – 29 July 2015) was a Polish billionaire businessman. He was the founder and owner of Kulczyk Holding (headquartered in Warsaw) and an international investment house Kulczyk Investments (former name: Kulczyk Inve ...

, who was the richest man in Poland, and

Grażyna Kulczyk Grażyna Maria Kulczyk (Polish pronunciation: ; born 5 November 1950) is a Polish lawyer, investor, art collector and philanthropist. In 2015, she was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta for her contributions to Polish cu ...

. He is president of Kulczyk Investments and specializes in the new technology sector. As of August 2024, his net worth was estimated at US$1.6 billion.

Early life

He graduated from the Karol Marcinkowski High School No. 1 in

Poznań Poznań ( ) is a city on the Warta, River Warta in west Poland, within the Greater Poland region. The city is an important cultural and business center and one of Poland's most populous regions with many regional customs such as Saint John's ...

, and the

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, majoring in management and marketing. He has also studied at the

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Career

At age 19, Kulczyk received hundred thousand PLN from his parents and started network of Internet cafes called e24.pl, but he failed. He then went on to establish an interactive marketing agency GoldenSubmarine. From 2009 to 2010, he worked for

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investment bank in London, and at the digital media unit of

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in New York. In December 2013, after returning from US, he became president of Kulczyk Investments, a company that was the foundation of his father's business, replacing Dariusz Mioduski who was in charge of the company from 2008. Jan Kulczyk delegated management to his son a year and a half before he died. He is the founder of Manta Ray VC, which is investing in the new technology sector. He initiated a number of projects focused on supporting Polish startups. He is also the originator of InCredibles accelerating program, and serves as President of Jutronauci project's chapter. His initiative has led to the emergence of

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in Poland for the first time. In 2015, he became the chairman of the supervisory board of chemical company CIECH.

Personal life

On 5 June 2010, in

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, France, he married Katarzyna Jordan (daughter of Polish businessman Krzysztof Jordan). They have since divorced. His sister is

Dominika Kulczyk Dominika Kulczyk (born 30 July 1977) is a Polish billionaire businesswoman, and the daughter of Jan Kulczyk, who was Poland's richest man. She is the co-founder and president of the Kulczyk Foundation, chair of the supervisory board of Kulczyk Ho ...

References

External links

Sebastian Kulczyk profile at Kulczyk Investments website
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